Diary of the Dead

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Audience Member Totally rubbish from start to Finnish. Worst "acting" ever. Not scary at all, just lame and pathetic. Dialogue omg just so bad. Sort of thing you came back from spar with in 80s. Medusa home video lol. Budget £10.... Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 11/10/24 Full Review DanTheMan 2 The mere idea of Romero doing a found-footage horror alone was enough to sell me on Diary of the Dead. Unfortunately, shortly after the initial opening, the film quickly falls flat, feeling somewhat parasitic in its design but somewhat appropriate as it has been deliberately edited like a mock YouTube video whose only concern is views and not the wellbeing of the individuals involved. The crude and amateurish camerawork is a staple of this little subgenre of horror and I can't fault Romero on what's so intrinsic to the style of found footage but someone needed to tell him to ditch the piss filter. Time hasn't subdued, the zombies may be dead but Romero's taste for social commentary certainly isn't here, like its predecessor it comes across as very heavy-handed. The musical score feels so out of place at times, often silence would have worked miles better to give a better weight to the comedy and horror while the acting is certainly there. Too much time is given to rationalising why the characters decide to film the events, rather than trusting the audience to go along with the idea. Sometimes it feels like the film apologises for its own concept. We don't need to know the details of why the film is edited, or why music has been added. The explanations slow Diary of the Dead down and only highlight the problems instead of fixing them. Not a crushing disappointment but equally not one I recommend easily. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 10/29/24 Full Review Sams K Very good found footage zombie movie. Very interesting film, it's a shame too many people don't appreciate Romero. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 10/16/24 Full Review Orlando C Watching this movie, I found myself thinking am I watching a zombie movie spoof or is this really being shot straight? I kept going in and out of these two states of mind. But if you decide to watch this movie and get an uneasy feeling about 15 minute in, not that this is going to be an anxiety laced rollercoaster ride and you're about to witness some truly disturbing content, but that can this movie be as terrible throughout as it seems right now, you're right. It's atrocious all the way till the closing credits. The script was written by nine year olds, they acting was as wooden as a petrified forrest and the scares were exactly zero. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 05/29/24 Full Review Fleegle B A really great Zombie movie and is the best found footage style movie ever Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/13/24 Full Review Alec B I'm surprised this movie wasn't an angry anti-modern technology rant by an old man. In fact Romero demonstrates understanding of that technology and a desire to seriously examine how it has changed society. The horror genre seems as good a place as any for that kind of study, it's just too bad that Romero's more high minded notions come at the expense of a lot of other elements in the movie. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 11/18/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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